Baggio angrily quits role at FIGC

Roberto Baggio has quit his role with FIGC.
Baggio had been working in the technical department of the Italian Federation.

Roberto Baggio has quit his role with FIGC.

Baggio had been working in the technical department of the Italian Federation.

â€śI am leaving because they havenâ€™t allowed me to work,â€ť slammed Baggio on the TG1.

â€śI donâ€™t care about keeping seats of power. I tried to perform the role that had been given to me, to renew the foundations of football training from children to teenagers in order to grow good players.

â€śI was not allowed to do this and am no longer prepared to carry on. I presented my project in December 2011. It was a 900-page plan and remained a dead letter.

â€śAs President of the Technical Sector, I had no right to vote in the Federation meetings and there was no point going to meetings that had nothing to do with my work.

â€śFor example, when I presented this plan I spent five hours waiting outside to then have a 15-minute presentation.

â€śThe FIGC had set aside â‚¬10m for this project and I am grateful to President Giancarlo Abete for what he has done, but so far I have not received any funds to proceed. It all remained on paper.

â€śThis is why I must sadly say goodbye. Is it definitive? I love football and my country, so I remain ready for any interesting proposal.â€ť